links for 2008-01-01

The Lib Dem leader has pledged to campaign 'tirelessly' against 'expensive, invasive' ID cards in 2008. Clegg said the recent data loss 'scandals' had created a lack of public confidence in the government's ability to look after personal information.

"This Movable Type plugin implements a set of template tags for displaying a portion of a template conditionally, depending on the results of a comparison between values". Now that I have everything in one set of templates, I can funky them up a bit.

"Many companies use their power and influence to halt and punish innovations they cannot think of ways to make money with. The monopolies tried to stop the VHS, DVD, and MP3 player. Now imagine all the amazing products they did manage to squash"

"Convicted sex offenders will have to let the Parole Board know about their access to computers; submit to periodic, unannounced examinations of their computer equipment; and install equipment on their computer so its use can be monitored".

"A little girl thought she was getting an iPod for Christmas but ended up getting a rude surprise. When she opened it up, she found a surprising switch: the iPod had been replaced with a note". Isn't there a story like this involving an iPod every year?

"We've done some digging into the lawsuit in which the RIAA is claiming that ripped MP3s are 'unauthorized copies'. It turns out he isn't actually being sued for ripping CDs, like the Washington Post have reported, but for plain old illegal downloading."

"TFL has an idea for controlling speeeders that involves GPS. Each car will have a map of the city downloaded into their GPS units including the speed limits of roads. The device will then pinpoint the driver's location and tell if they are speeding".

"If you're an AdSense publisher who gets paid in local currency check your payment reports today. I've heard from 2 publishers reporting that the exchange rate is wrong. It seems they've converted money the wrong way around for earnings in November."